Soyot
Sign in to saveThe Soyot are an ethnic group who mainly live in the Oka region in the Okinsky District in Buryatia, Russia. They share much of their history with the Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Dukha, and Buryat; the Soyot have taken on a great deal of Buryat cultural influence and were grouped together with them under Soviet policy. Due to intermarriage between Soyots and Buryats, the Soyot population is heavily mixed with the Buryat. In 2000, they were reinstated as a distinct ethnic group.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Soyot сойоты
- Ethnic group.population
- 4,368 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 4,368
- Ethnic group.image
- Расселение_сойотов_в_СФО_по_городским_и_сельским_поселениям,_в_%25.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Distribution of Soyots in Okinsky District of Buryatia
- Ethnic group.region2
- Buryatia
- Ethnic group.languages
- Buryat, Soyot (partly revitalized)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism (shamanism)
- Ethnic group.related
- Buryats, Dukhans, Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Koibals
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origin
- Russian imperial expansion
- Russian civil war
- Soviet collectivization
- After Soviet collapse
- Language
- Reindeer herding
- Religion
- See also
- References
- External links
The Soyot are an ethnic group who mainly live in the Oka region in the Okinsky District in Buryatia, Russia. They share much of their history with the Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Dukha, and Buryat; the Soyot have taken on a great deal of Buryat cultural influence and were grouped together with them under Soviet policy. Due to intermarriage between Soyots and Buryats, the Soyot population is heavily mixed with the Buryat. In 2000, they were reinstated as a distinct ethnic group.
Like other taiga peoples, the Soyot traditionally practiced reindeer breeding and hunting and lived nomadically, but today most Soyot live in villages. According to the 2021 census, there were 4,368 Soyots in Russia.